On Heroes and Graves

Ernesto Sabato – an Argentine writer, three times nominated for the Nobel Prize. In his novel "On Heroes and Graves," magical realism intertwines with a detective plot and "Lovecraftian horrors."

Alejandra shot her father. After that, she spilled kerosene in the bedroom and set it on fire. Everything led to this tragedy. The severed head of Colonel Acevedo, left in the Olmos house as a family relic. Ancestral madness. Martin, who fell in love with Alejandra and does not want to let her go. And, of course, Fernando's investigation. His obsessive thoughts about the blind, numerous attempts to track down the members of the Sect and uncover their terrible secret.